News From History Cottage

DURAL AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC By Michael Bell Last month the Society invited representatives of longtime resident families to help in a survey of local history. What a revelation their combined knowledge gave to local history! “Uncle Bob built that”, “That’s where the General lived”, “Remember the plane crash at eleven o’clock”. And so […]

Thank You Berowra

By Julian Leeser I am honoured to have been given the opportunity to represent the people of Berowra in this next term of Parliament. I love serving the Berowra community and am grateful that I get the chance to raise my family in the best community in Australia. Thank you for all your support over […]

Rural Round Up

By Councilor Warren Waddell I would like to thank the rural community for bringing road maintenance issues to my attention over the last few months. Ordinarily, there would not be so many, and our inspectors would spot most items during their rounds. However, the volume of poor weather has created an unprecedented amount of work […]

Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Hospital Stage 2 Opens

By Matt Kean Last month I attended a number of ceremonies to present many of our local RFS volunteers with their National Emergency Medal at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Fire Control Centre at Cowan. This medal is in recognition to those volunteers that helped fight the terrible 2019/20 bushfires. Remediation work continues on Galston Gorge and I […]

The Galston Concerts: You Can Help us Grow!

By Robert Harris The Galston Concerts are back, their audience enjoying top ‘shows’ in March and May, keen for ‘the next one’ on 24 July and later dates 18 September and 20 November this year. Planning of future programs suggest a great line-up of leading performers keen to bring their music to the Hills – […]

Castle Hill Art Society

JULY 2 – SATURDAY AT 2.00PM Kevin McKay “Urban Landscapes in Oils” Kevin McKay is an urban landscape painter who works en plein air and in the studio. His work depicts eerily empty streetscapes, where the stillness of classical form and the drama of light is found in the everyday. He will demonstrate the initial […]

Northwest Community Childcare

Northwest Community Childcare is an established Not-For-Profit service, providing Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) in the Northwest region of Sydney for the past 26 years. The organisation is a community initiative of Rouse Hill Baptist Church. NWCC opened their first service in 1996 in Quakers Hill, as it recognised the need for quality childcare […]

Arcadia Public School

Walk Safely to School Day is an important event on Arcadia’s calendar. The whole community gets involved. The Arcadia Rural Fire Brigade go out of their way for our Arcadia Public School and community. Checking out the engines and having the ‘firies’ accompany us on our walk to school just makes the experience even more […]

We Have Moved… New Hope School Relocates to New School Buildings

By Craig Hingston “We are very excited to announce our Relocates to New School Buildings,” said New Hope School Director, Dianne Dowson. The new School environment reflects a philosophy of high care and support for the students. There will be dedicated spaces that provide time out and quiet spaces both within the buildings and in […]

Arcadian Quilting

He arrived in a small soft bag and spent some time on my latest small quilt, (a forerunner to a new quilting idea)? He was full of hope, I could tell from his bright shining black eyes and his approach was also very positive. The approach from ‘the grandchild’ was equally positive, as an explanation […]